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Alright, Jill tagged me in her blog. So, here are 15 unique things about me! Enjoy...
1. I love finding someone that loves a certain movie as much as I do and can quote it with me.
2. I think the most annoying thing in the world is when people know you hate something, so they do said thing CONSTANTLY.
3. I absolutely, 100%, positively, irreversibly...LOVE...being the youngest of eleven children. We're the coolest family out there, no argument.
4. I'm the only person in that huge family that hates tomatoes.
5. Through most of my teenage years I was convinced I would be a dental hygienist. Now, I can't see myself doing anything other than teaching English to moody teenagers. :)
6. I love hearing people's stories. The best times I've had in my life are times where I've just sat and talked with friends and swapped stories.
7. I miss playing the violin more than I let anyone know.
8. I don't like watching the news and I don't like politics.
9. I think it's weird how people become friends. Looking back, I can't remember how I became friends with the people I consider my best friends. Therefore, I always have this irrational fear that I won't make friends in new situations. I'm usually proven wrong.
10. I'm not a party person. I've never had that urge in my body to just go party. Sometimes I'm just perfectly content reading a book on my couch in my sweats.
11. I have never seen the movie Cinderella.
12. I'm pretty sure I have terrible self-esteem, but I'm really good at hiding it.
13. I'm fascinated with Europe. I love European culture. If everything goes as planned, I will finally get to live in Austria. You know what that means, folks? I get to cross off the #1 on my bucket list.
14. Being away from home has made me realize how cool my parents are. I have learned how much they've done for me. I have grown even closer to them by being away from them. I still rely on my mom for so many things in my life and I have NO idea what I would do without her. I'm her #1 fan.
15. Now for my classic unique fact: I ride a unicycle, and have since elementary school.
And there you have it! If you read this, and feel so inclined, repost it on your own blog!
Tonight I realized that one of my life-long dreams could really come true.
I could go to Europe.
Scratch that.
I could LIVE in Europe. Austria to be exact.
Even though I've been thinking about studying abroad in Innsbruck, Austria for several months now, it didn't seem real until I started filling out the application today. It's been this idea I couldn't fully grasp--a "wouldn't that be cool" kind of thing. I mean, we're talking about ME here. Kaitlin Mae Felix. Age 19. Born and raised in Springville, Utah. Sometimes I say "mountain" without pronouncing the "T". I've never left the US, let alone left Utah for more than a week at a time. And now there is a very high possibility I could be living in Austria for 3 months?
WHAT THE WHAT?
Today I imagined myself getting off that plane and stepping onto European soil, my American-ness almost blinding those around me. I know only a few words and phrases in German, (I don't think I'll need be saying "vegetables" in most conversations, but if I do, I'm set) and my biggest fear is being the stupid American. (Note to self: Talking louder will NOT help them understand me any better. I've seen enough movies to know that.) So many questions run through my mind.
"What if I get lost?"
"What if I starve because I can't buy anything in German?"
"What if I run out of money?"
The list goes on and on. But I just have to stop and think:
"Katie. You're going to be in AUSTRIA studying a subject you LOVE. You're going to see things a lot of people will never get the chance to see in their lifetime. You're a smart, capable person that can figure things out if they go wrong. Pull...yourself...togetha!" (I don't really think that last part. It just seemed appropriate for some reason.)
I realized some things that not only pertain to me in this study abroad situation, but to life in general.
1. I am capable of attaining any goal I set.
2. Change should be welcomed and embraced.
3. When you get an opportunity that is too good to pass up, you better take it.
4. I have an incredible support system.
5. Sometimes you gotta just focus on what you know rather than what you don't. (Thanks, Brother Harding)
6. It's alright to change "the plan".
Anyway. It's not a set thing that I'm going to Austria. There is a chance I won't even get accepted. If that happens, I'll be crushed. But, you know? I'll move on. I'll still go to school and have the time of my life.
No good will ever come to me if I simply watch moments pass me by.
This will happen. If it doesn't? Well at least I tried. 
[I want to go so bad it HURTS]
